Top players to speak out against homophobia in FA video
The Football Association has agreed to organise and fund a video / DVD featuring premier league players speaking out against homophobia.
The idea was put to the FA several months ago by Peter Tatchell of the gay human rights group OutRage!, as way of challenging the anti-gay abuse hurled by fans at players like Ashley Cole and Sol Campbell.
Playstation game restricts gay words
Playstation's latest venture, PS Home, is described by Home Service Manager Daniel Hill as "unique compared to anything else in the gaming world."
Spanish judge suspended for discrimination against lesbian parents
A Spanish judge has suspended from work after attempting to stop a lesbian adopting her wife's child.
Same-sex couples are permitted to adopt children in Spain, and gay marriage was legalised there in 2005.
Church group discrimination against New Jersey lesbians ruled unlawful
A church group yesterday lost its case to a lesbian couple who it barred from holding a civil ceremony on their property.
Civil unions were introduced in New Jersey after the state Supreme Court's 2006 ruling that gay and lesbian couples are entitled to equal civil rights.
Sean Penn to win award for gay politician role
Holllywood actor Sean Penn will be honoured at January's Palm Springs International Film Festival for his role in new film Milk.
Obama advisor supports choice of anti-gay preacher for inauguration
President-elect Barack Obama's senior advisor David Axelrod has spoken in support of the decision invite evangelical preacher Rick Warren to his inauguration.
Mr Axelrod is a chief advisor to President-elect Obama. Speaking on NBC, Mr Axelrod defended the controversial decision to include Warren in the ceremony.
Travel: Say salut to Bordeaux
Set in the southwest region of France, the port city of Bordeaux is famed for its vineyards and wineries. But there is more to Bordeaux than Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot – that's grapes to you and me.
Campbell Soup's gay ads attacked by American Family Association
An ad for Campbell's Soup Company appearing in gay magazine The Advocate has been condemned by the American Family Association (AFA).
The double-page ad features two female restaurateurs and a young boy. The text accompanying the picture identifies the women as a couple and the boy as their son.
Senator sex scandal toilet no longer a tourist hot-spot
The public toilet where Rebulican Senator Larry Craig was arrested for soliciting sex became something of a tourist favourite in 2007.
Facebook slams homophobic groups
Social networking site Facebook has responded to calls for two Serbian homophobic groups to be removed from the web.
Funding cut at Brighton care home over gay questionnaire row
A Brighton care home for the elderly has been accused of homophobic exclusion by the local authorities.
Pilgrim Homes, a Christian care home which runs 10 projects for elderly people in the UK, is suing the council for religious discrimination.
Homophobic families harm gay teenagers, study claims
For the first time ever, researchers have claimed that there is a direct link between homophobic rejection of LGB adolescents by their families and mental health problems.
Transgender Bangladeshis to vote today
Today's general elections in Bangladesh will be the first ever to allow transgender people to cast ballots.
A Bangladeshi court ruled that transgender people are fully-fledged citizens and must have the right to vote.
Government criticises Channel 4 for homophobe Ahmadinejad's Christmas message
The Government and the Conservatives have criticised Channel 4's decision to broadcast an Alternative Christmas Message by homophobic, anti-Semitic Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Channel 4 under fire for allowing homophobe Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to deliver Christmas message
The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be delivering Channel 4's Christmas Day message. He has previously claimed that no gays exist in Iran.
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